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adultery and bridal pregnancy |
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I then worked for some time with Yongang who told me some marital tales, among them was also Medzou's whose first wife was snatched away from him by an Angban man after one year of marriage, and whose second wife already was pregnant when he married her. The child's father is Yongna of the Balang. (37) My questions yesterday therefore about what happens in such a case were a grave 'faux pas'. Again and again it is emphasized that it is quite usual in Wakching to marry girls who already are pregnant by another man. The children then belong to the clan of the mother's spouse and are fully entitled to inheritance. |
